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Annual Report 2024

  • On a meadow, three performers move a dark structure several meters high to which they are connected by ropes. © Piotr Pietrus
  • A performer with a naked upper body and bare legs powerfully swings a white cloth around his body. He is bald and wears a full beard. © Marc Doradzillo
  • A dark room with wafts of fog. Illuminated by two large spotlights hanging to the right and left of a projection. The audience sits and lies in front of it, looking at the screen. Everyone is wearing headphones. © Mayra Wallraff
  • Two performers stand opposite each other with their heads pressed against each other. Both are wearing motorcycle helmets. © Oliver Stroemer
  • Three people on stage. In the center a young person with pigtails and a white fur coat. In the background two dancing people, one of them with crutches. © Stephan Floss
  • Six performers stand on a stage. They wear suits in different colors and a mask that covers their entire head. © Gabriela Neeb
  • Two performers stand next to each other behind a thread curtain. © Dieter Hartwig

Preface

In 2024, after receiving standard funding at a level of 10 million EUR, the Fonds had the ability for the first time to tender all newly developed funding programs agreed with the federal states and the federal government. The evaluation of the NEUSTART support program was accompanied by the new film "BLICKWECHSEL“, and the Fonds reached more than 10,000 visitors with the new series "THE ART OF STAYING MANY“.

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  • Part of a brochure on which the Fonds logo is printed. Soap bubbles fly through the picture. There is a color gradient of yellow and blue over the entire picture. © Uta Oettel

    1. Head office

    The Fonds Darstellende Künste is one of six federal cultural funds. You can find a short profile, team presentation and organigram here.

  • Six performers stand on a stage. They wear suits and a mask that covers their entire head. A color gradient of yellow and blue covers the entire image. © Gabriella Neeb

    2. Bodies

    The Fonds Darstellende Künste’s bodies include the general assembly, the board of directors and the board of trustees.

  • A performer with a naked upper body and bare legs powerfully swings a white cloth around his body. He is bald and wears a full beard. A color gradient of yellow and blue covers the entire picture. © Marc Doradzillo

    3. Funding

    You can find all the information on the listed funding programs as well as insights into the federal state distribution and cofinancing here.

  • A person is standing on scaffolding and looking up at the sky. The word “Questions” is attached to the scaffolding. There is a color gradient of yellow and blue across the entire picture. © Sebastian Bolesch

    4. Consulting

    The Fonds’ consulting includes e-mail and telephone contact, information events and FAQs.

  • The digital screen of a camera on which two people can be seen sitting on chairs on a stage and talking to each other. The entire image is covered by a color gradient of blue and yellow. © Sebastian Bolesch

    5. Events and discourse

    The film „BLICKWECHSEL", the forum series „DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN“ as well as the awarding of theater prizes belong to the highlights in 2024.

  • Back of the monument to Goethe and Schiller. The lower part is half covered by a wooden panel. Next to it is a handmade windmill. The entire picture is covered by a color gradient of blue and yellow. © Sebastian Bolesch

    6. Business plan

    The 2024 business plan in a tabular overview.

  • A very large megaphone made of wood, held in front of two wooden steals. On the right is a person whose head is covered by the megaphone. There is a color gradient of blue and yellow across the entire picture. © Sebastian Bolesch

    7. Perspectives

    A look at 2025 with multifaceted challenges for the cultural sphere in general and the independent performing arts in particular.